10 ideas
23651 | Universals are not objects of sense and cannot be imagined - but can be conceived [Reid] |
9103 | A universal is not a real feature of objects, but only a thought-object in the mind [William of Ockham] |
23650 | Only individuals exist [Reid] |
23649 | No one thinks two sheets possess a single whiteness, but all agree they are both white [Reid] |
11874 | Real identity admits of no degrees [Reid] |
23652 | We must first conceive things before we can consider them [Reid] |
23648 | First we notice and name attributes ('abstracting'); then we notice that subjects share them ('generalising') [Reid] |
9104 | A universal is the result of abstraction, which is only a kind of mental picturing [William of Ockham] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |